i hope that hamas and the other terror organizations in gaza got the message. if not, israel is prepared to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people. >> chris: prime minister netanyahu leaving no doubt israel will not tolerate continued shelling from gaza and we're back with a panel. i think you have to say it's a mess. the shelling, the missiles from gaza have continued. israel is now called up thousands of reservists, raising the real possibility of an invasion and a ground war between israel and the palestinians in gaza, and just now we've learned that the president and israeli prime minister netanyahu had had a telephone conversation this evening relayed from the white house, saying the two leaders discussed options for deescalating the situation. charles, what do you think the chances of situation will escalate or deescalate? >> it's not in the hands of obama, it's not in the hands of the united states. the deescalation would have to come from hamas, who obviously are the ones who started this. with 150 rockets shot in the few days, shortly a